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20090624


I love the rain, or rather the really light drizzle(:

it hasn't rained for a really really long time! i love the cool weather when it rains:D

Econsssss, eek. we aren't really sure what's tested, there seems (all of a sudden!) that there's so much to study. And next week is blocks already.. heh my hope for an extended holiday was crushed :(

So my parents and siblings are coming back tonight, whooo :) have had a few boring days at home already. hahah. not that accompanying my grandparents isn't fun, its just that I get really bored without people to annoy or people annoying me xD hmmm brought my grandparents to the jap restaurant at Cathay yest night (haha yea that's how much I don't mind having Jap food!) super super fulll. realised my grandma and I like the same kind of sushi (:

okay I'm considering changing to livejournal, its so much prettier there hahah.

kay June holidays are going to be over in a matter of a few days, heh i haven't accomplished a lot / gone out enough yet. I can't wait for holidays at the end of the year, like, true blue holidays.

20090622
music (:

Gershwin is super cooool. the clarinet solo at the beginning of rhapsody in blue (orchestral) is super super cool as well, the gliss which sadly I can never perfect. And Pictures at an exhibition by Mussorgsky, funny how I've always heard of it but never listened to the recording before. but its a good piece:D Tchaikovsky's dance of the sugar plum fairy! (: i'm starting to like Elgar's Pomp and Circumstance as well, partly cos we're playing it in snys also. hahah but there wont be combined for quite long i think... until after the chamber concert ):



I never thought I'd be so bored without anybody annoying me, ha ha.

today was/is a boring day, its so strange not having people around me. haha my siblings especialllly. Okay now I really wonder how I'll be like if I were an only child, haha I think I'd be really really bored. Or maybe I'd already have been accustomed to it since young. hahah but I think I really wouldn't enjoy it! I'm already having trouble living through two days without my siblings already.. goodness.

I think.. I should listen to an orchestra and go out for a concert, I haven't been to one in ages. Its strange how I didn't even manage to go for a single concert through the arts festival. Sistic doesn't show anything .. Appealing though :/

okay I'm bored I'm bored I'm bored.

20090621


My parents and siblings are on vacation and I'm feeling rly lonely with my grandparents haha. Its only when they go overseas that I realise I start to miss them, and it has only been one day. hahah i'm glad they're coming back on wednesday ((:

Today was a pretty productive day!(: father's day = more nice food for lunch haha. mm i felt quite bored and lonely thoughhhh cos there isn't anyone to fight with me, or irritate me.. goodness I can't believe I actually miss that! luckily they're only going away for a really short holiday, if not i'd be damn boredddd hahah.

kay I cant wait for blocks to be overrrrr I need to play:D

20090619


Friday(:
HAPPY BIRTHDAY YENJIN!!!!!:D:D:D we need to go out someday!:D have a great birthday and may your wishes come trueee(:

so I had a great day today!:D my parents took leave, so we had father's day lunch at The Cafe Cartel! cos the queue at Swensen's was too long for us to bear haha. I hope my grandparents enjoyed the lunch.. haha. Since western food isn't really their cup of tea... haha. I'm sure my grandma enjoyed the pork ribs though ((: Shopped around a bit after that, before going to school haha. by the time I got there they were doing marching already hahaha. It was quite funny looking at quin lorraine val and ziyan trying to play jalan jalan as they were marching haha. mmm went for clarinet lesson afters, before going to Marina Square for section JTS!(: Changing appetites had pretty good, interesting food :D tried the mudpie as well! haha. I hope everyone enjoyed JTS:D we shd have a section outing sometime soon.. haha(:

yeah, so that's it. okay i really need to mug! tomorrow and the days after haha.
Oh yeah I shd post photos.. since i haven't been doing so for a long while!(:
Jap restaurant! haha where you take the ice cream sticks to order your foodxD

Me, Kexin, Ms. Teng! IMC ftw:D

thats... half my family!(:

Yay that's my grandpa, happy father's day:D:D

and that's my daddyyyyy :D I love my daddy he's the best daddy in the world cos I say so. HAPPY FATHER'S DAY:D


JTS(: haha with the camwhorerss!

Section photo!(:

20090618


back frm dinner with Ms. Teng and Kexin!(: hehh the jap restaurant was quite cool, like using ice cream sticks to order our food, hahaha. we were so fascinated by the system goodnesss. but there was a lot of food, it makes you feel like just ordering everything! Sushi was quite good :D nice dessert as well, macha ice cream with waffle! :D:D had a nice time talking as well, and remembering imc((: whoa after talking to kexin abt IMC I really really miss the times thereeeee. like when we'd be in the staff lounge, and then Kexin would call her mum and talk and talk, and by then I'd be out of the phone booth already and counting down with Ms. Teng when Kexin would come out HAHA. and all the practicing in Burdick Hall and stuff, IMC Food ...lotslotslots. whoo given a chance I'd definitely want to go back again, even if it'd be really different. the environment is just so natural and tranquil (:

okay I've been eating a lot hahaha. I went out to run yesterday night though, partly cos I felt really tired and partly cos I felt really guilty for eating so much during the holidays hahaha. but i walked more than I ran, cos of my brother, who stopped every now and then to tie his shoelaces, do some random thing etc etc. but still it was good to run (:

tmrrrrr, more eating, nycb, JTS! (: can't wait :D:D

20090617


I am very bored D: grahhhh.

I need to go out, it helps that I'm meeting Ms. Teng & Kexin for dinner tomorrow at the jap restaurant that always advertises its 99cent sushi, at Cathay. haha its so fast, about a year since IMC already!(: imc was really a whole lot of fun.. the surroundings were so surreal, it makes me feel like I'm off the world already, or maybe that's just cos I live in Singapore. I remember the super long food queues, our dorm, the dorm which ms. teng thought was a wardrobe initially HAHA, practicing with Colin Clarke!!, our walk to the Peace Garden, taking photos, the retarded jump shot, flowerpose beside the flowers, my goodnesss all the masterclasses and sectionals and individual lessons... the instructors really helped a lot! hahah i wonder who are the two lucky ones who get to go again this year! It was a really fulfilling experience. And I really enjoyed it.. especially the times we'd slack in the staff lounge as well, which was mostly out of bounds to the rest of the students... And we'd go back to the dorm late, with an explanation that we were seeing our teachers when actually we were munching on Chinese foood! (which we dearly missed), or playing Monopoly or taboo with themmm lol. I miss the time at IMC ... Really wish I could go back again!

Friday's section JTS! Father's day lunch with family as well(: Hahah I THINK I'M GROWING FAT, with minimal exercise the holidays and lots of eating outtttt ): Friday I'll be eating out, TWICE?! wts, I need to play Vball, like HAHA REALLY PLAY, not just pick balls or hear people shouting my name all the timeeee Hahaha.

And I hope I'll be able to make time to visit nycb this friday, I miss holiday pracs and lunching at Coro/ Curry wok/ KAP and going back for band after that. hehhh thinking abt it, i haven't had holiday pracs for a long while.

AND, I need a vacation too! I really really hope the flu strain goes away soon, or the vaccine is manufactured and developed really soon. I am getting really paranoid hahah.

20090615
how appropriate:

"Aim for success, not perfection. Never give up your right to be wrong, because then you will lose the ability to learn new things and move forward with your life. Remember that fear always lurks behind perfectionism. Confronting your fears and allowing yourself the right to be human can, paradoxically, make yourself a happier and more productive person."

20090612


So many things this week, I've been sleeping past 12 consecutively for many days already hahah i think i should be sleeping soon.

hmmm firstly, Band outing!(: on tuesday. went early in the morning cos we were supposed to be facils.. ended up playing Vball and talked and did random stuff, before going into hiding at Subway with zongxian to wait for people to come.. in the end the games initially planned were cancelled cos there werent enough people to play. haha but we still played some of the games within ourselves! cycled.. HAHA. attempt to teach me cycling failed.. but I really do want to learn cycling. Cycled in tandem with guanteng, which was initially pretty scary! Because I didn't know went to start cycling and all, and especially the getting up the bicycle part hahah. But it was fun and relaxing (: BBQed at night, played Vball HAHA I kept getting targetted. I aim to improve on Vball so can play with yall in future hahah. apart from the being targetted part, I have to admit it was actually quite fun! :D many thanks to the zx/gt/sunran/lorraine for organizing the band outing, even though it didn't go as planned, it was still fun!(:

Thursday... HAPPY BIRTHDAY QUINZA!(: hahah surprise at swensens was quite fun:D We put her photo, the one with the chicken rice pose on a photoframe and set it up on the dinner table. when she came in she was greeted by her own face HAHA. the manager/supervisor at swensens was quite humorous as well, he kept thinking it was my birthday lol. Sang birthday song for quinZZIE hahah, had nice food.. Then went to eat more at the coffee connoiseur, where gt and quin ordered some coffee drink, and me and ziyan shared tiramisu! (: initially when we looked at the menu we really wanted to get out of the place, HAHA so much for acting high class xD but we had fun anyway. Its always yall who manage to bring me such laughter, fun and joy, and its really such friendships which I can never let go of no matter what happens. (:

Friday...comm JTS! at billy bombers. 4o bucksss :( hahahah but quite fun! it was epic looking at guanteng and val tearing up the $50 note hahaha. and sarah scouring the menu for the best deals and convincing people to order one-for-one/lunch set HAHA. food was pretty good, but the milkshake was really HUGE! it was nice but too sweet.. tasted like, chocolate ice cream. haha anw, our 'briefing' lasted for a while only. aft our meal we walked around, haha I wanted to do manicure at cathay but I lost the manicure place with the student special.. I think they either closed down or something :( haha so we dispersed and went home.

today (its already sunday lol 12.16 am) clarinet lesson, rushed Subway sandwich in the car, SNYS (Where tutor was late anyway grrrr) pomp & circumstance was quite messy initially, we couldn't do the transition parts, subway oatmeal raisin cookies, bus, home, daddy bought new camera for me :D, swimming, dinner (i love smoked salmon), heartbeat concert, KAP, home, laptop, chocolates, i'm typing like that cos I think I need sleeeeep.

I NEED TO STUDY! yeah i really need to :(

20090611
Elections


Committees 08/09 and 09/10!(:
Elections are over, but it marks the beginning of our committee's term. The road ahead will definitely be challenging, but with passion as our driving force-passion for HC band, passion for the people we serve-we'll be able to make it, and make a difference to HC band in the next year to come. Thank you HC band for your support and trust in us, we'll strive to do our best. Thank you seniors for all the hard work and your effort in the past year. Now its up to us to continue serving the band.. GO ALL OF US:D
Two years back when I was entrusted with the task of DM, I was really unsure, and I vividly remember reeling in a state of shock.. But this time I really hope that I will apply the valuable lessons I have learnt throughout my term in serving the band, and to do my best for the band.
Dreams can often become challenging, but challenges are what we live for. - Travis White

20090607


'Certain books, and certain ideas which we meet with in our reading, move us deeply and become part of our way of thinking because they make us conscious of the meaning of our own experience and reveal us to ourselves.'

-Helen Gardner



ahhh i'm so tired idk why! I ought to be feeling/doing something more productive after one day of play hahah.

Batch Outing yesterday! (: things went quite impromptu.. hmm I'm so sorry that my house is pretty boring, no games, no movies or anth haha we should go to somebody else's house in future! Anw mmmm people arrived around 4 plus, haha. baked walnut cookies with quin guanteng lionel etc (people who came early). Quin was supposed to help , in the end don't even dare to touch the dough HAHA xD mm walked up and down the slope to fetch people up to my house, a few people played random ball games, while the rest played cards/risk and talked. Food was not bad, mmm (: after dinner we played super random OG style games? Janabel's forfeits were damn sick, like eat leaves ewwwww. I think I should stock nicer leaves in my garden in future, leaves that can actually be eaten hahaha. like curry leaves or smth. I hope benjamin and hongguang didn't suffer from poisoning of some sort hahah. mm played cards after that.. people went home arnd 10.30 plus. anw, hope yall had fun!(: and I will learn to be a better host in future!

today morning went for home team exhibition at suntec for PW with allyssa! hahah it was actually pretty fun yknow, haha i expected it to be rly boring and stuff but it turned out to be rly interactive! had fun taking photos, playing games etc. (:

okay fb refuses to upload my photossss zzz. i'll upload tonight then. Meanwhile I should continue to read john donne notes, though they are really making me fall asleeep I think they are the main cause for my apparent lethargy.

20090605


Friday!:D

this week has been pretty great haha. apart frm mugging.. mmm haha had dinner with quin at amkh yest night xD kay i hope she hasn't posted our conversations on her livejournal alrd. (okay she hasn't) haha. anw we had dinner at this hk place, and omg it was super noisy! there was this super loud theme park sound HAHA. i wonder where it came frm though, like why will kitchens make such loud noises hahaha. pretty nice food but hahah not sauce-y enoughhhh (quin was desperately looking for sauce in her rice haha) mmm walked arnd after that, hahaha guess which place we ended up in at the end xD haha talked quite a lot abt random stuff!

mmm today was spent at nlb/school doing PW/mum's office mmm quite a productive day looking for notes.. i need to get down to doing the essay on John Donne alrd.

recently i've been playing the piano after not playing for a really long while.. indulging in the beauty of the music of Chopin and Debussy really makes me feel like picking up the piano again. but i guess with clarinet lessons alrd, i won't have time.. so I guess I'll self learn the pieces i really enjoy. like debussy's children's corner.. (: Doctor gradus ad parnassum! happens i'm playing that for woodwind chamber also. chopin.. waltzes! i want to learn the nocturnes as well.. I rmb listening to one of the nocturnes in the movie 'The Pianist' and wanting to learn it afterward, but never really got down to learning it.. I should rly start learning in the holidays! apart frm playing the clarinet.. haha. I do enjoy Brahms ((: mmm SNYS prac tomorrow! Practicing pomp and circumstance was rly annoying cos I was transposing at sight grrrr why can't they write it in B flat! but anw pomp and circumstance brings back fond memories of days in Nanyang when we would rush down to the quadrangle when the music played xD kay i hope prac goes fine and he doesn't take the piece too fast, i wouldn't be able to catch up.

okay yay tomorrow's Batch Outing!:D haha I hope it'll go fine! :D:D

20090602


GPP!):

Okay its the second day of my holiday, and I'm stuck trying to do PW. I can't complete most of the stuff without discussions thoughhhh I think we need to meet up or smth :/

Anw. I had a nice dinner at Aston's with rachel and elise on sunday!(: the food was really reasonably priced and good :D hahah we had a nice time talking at orchard central as well, and listening to their primary school stories. hahaha I'm so sorry I have nothing to share, because I really have nothing to share. I do not even have foggy memories of my childhood, which is quite sad, hahaha. wanted to go shopping, but rachel left us at Taka, FOR OBVIOUS REASONS. hahah. elise left early to meet her mum afters, so I walked arnd orchard myself. Lots of saless! :D oh which reminds me, i spend quite a lot the other day, like aft many many weeks of not shopping. (:

mmm yest was cip at new town pri, and the kids were super cute!!!(: (note: triple exclamation marks) haha. i had so much fun facilitating, though it was very tiring also, and the kids were super mischievous and I got tired chasing them around everywhere. ohh but there was this super cute and smart kid Tristen!(: he's in pri3 only but he's so smart, and he kept telling us about some science related facts hahaha. And he's rly cute as well, but yea he's the kid that makes me go chasing all around to look for him. Haha but I think he's super super cuteeeee. :D


yea i usually don't post photos on my blog, having posted on FB, but tristen's so cute I cannot resist:D:D i think there are more more cuter photos of him!(:

and yea that's my holiday thus far. and i'm looking forward to the rest of it!(: